Archives - 12 August 2011, Friday

SINGAPORE - Contrary to grouses over service standards, a Singapore Management University (SMU) study has suggested that Singaporeans are more satisfied with the public transport system. The Customer Satisfaction Index of Singapore (CSISG) between April and June showed that the transp...

Muppets Bert, left, and Ernie, from the children's program 'Sesame Street,' are shown in New York. -- PHOTO: AP LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Bert and Ernie may be best friends, but that doesn't mean the Sesame Street pals are gay. And whatever the puppets may or may not be, one thing is ce...

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An artist best-known as the real-life invisible man has painted himself again for a new photograph collection – this time against a supermarket shelf. Chinese-born Liu Bolin has mastered the art of camouflaging himself against a variety of backdrops and taking photos of the impressive...

For every photo of a meal sent in, CDL will donate $3 to TOUCH Community Services. (Yahoo! file photo) Coming soon, the chance to help the less privileged could just be a camera click away. A campaign to raise funds for the underprivileged by taking a photo of your meal will run from ...

THEY wanted to play hooky and get out of paying for a $30 taxi fare. But cabby Jack Tay, 36, did not let up and chased after them as they ran away. The chase ended when one of the youths jumped from the second storey of a HDB block just to get away from the gutsy cabby. More in The Ne...

The Terminator! $48 to take up the challenge Look, its hard to be a foodie and a doctor at the same time. People often ask me how a doctor can be a foodie. As if insurance agents never go sky diving. I do struggle at times between the need to feed and preserving the wealth of health. ...

Scientists here are one step closer to growing a human heart from stem cells. -- PHOTO: SINGAPORE STEM CELL CONSORTIUM By Feng Zengkun SCIENTISTS here are one step closer to growing a human heart from stem cells. The team from the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star) t...

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After the TV show featuring what the president can do and cannot do, I am really doubtful that he can improve anything in the lives of Singaporeans. Whoever is elected, whether it is Tony Tan or one of the other Tans, will be forced by Law to say what the Ruling Party wishes him to sa...

In what may be a sign of India's burgeoning class of style-conscious consumers, Hermes has announced that it will offer exquisite, limited edition silk sarees in their Indian boutiques starting October. The capsule collection, which is expected to comprise about four to five sarees, w...

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Singapore: Get ready for another tablet to pop into your bag. US technology giant Hewlett-Packard (HP)is set to launch in Singapore its TouchPad, and it could be just right for some consumers who want it all and at a price that's hard to resist. This is especially since in the US, a d...

by Oliver Wilkinson , founder of SSL247 and co-founder of jobiso.fr As a big believer in young business talent, I’d like to share some tips – learned through experience – about honing your skills as an entrepreneur. In my companies we thrive on the entrepreneurial spirit in our young ...

A 44-year-old repairman who sexually abused his own daughter for seven years, starting when she was 10, was on Friday sent to jail for 24 years and ordered to be caned the maximum 24 strokes. -- ST PHOTO: CAROLINE CHIA By Selina Lum A 44-year-old repairman who sexually abused his own ...

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LOS ANGELES: The popular children's programme Sesame Street on Friday put to rest rumours that odd couple roommates Bert and Ernie are gay, saying the puppets are just "best friends" and would not marry. "Bert and Ernie are best friends. They were created to teach preschoolers that pe...

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Secret files released today reveal dozens of reported sightings of UFOs over England , including lights which appeared over Glastonbury Festival in 2003. The files compiled by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) hold eye-witness accounts by concerned members of the public reporting mysterio...

OTTAWA (AFP) - A group of Canadian technology workers won a C$7 million (S$8.6 million) lottery this week on the same day they lost their jobs at an Ottawa manufacturing plant. The 18 workers won the Lotto 6/49 prize on Wednesday, the same day their company, Smart Technologies, announ...

SINGAPORE: MediaCorp Channel 8 revealed Thursday on their official blog that a sequel to the police thriller "Unriddle", one of the channel's top rated dramas of 2010, will air in March next year as part of Channel 8's 2012 drama line-up. Some members of the original cast, like Rui En...

Mr Shanmugam should refrain on commenting on what the president can or cannot do, especially in the light of the coming EP and growing popular feeling that a constrained EP operates too conveniently for the benefit of the ruling PAP. As foreign minister (a post which he holds in addit...

BAGHDAD: Iraq is treading carefully in its response to Syria's deadly crackdown on protesters, balancing its ties to Iran, which backs Damascus, and international condemnation of Syria, officials and analysts say. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's crackdown on protesters, in which ri...

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A blistering summer heatwave in Japan has claimed four lives and seen 900 people hospitalised this week, media said on Friday, amid an energy saving campaign due to the Fukushima nuclear disaster. -- PHOTO: AP TOKYO (AFP) - A blistering summer heatwave in Japan has claimed four lives ...

I do agree with the writer. I have not done an extensive research on the topics, but I do have a few questions that I would love to get an answer, if I ever do get in my life time. There is a reason why the government is very interested to keep house prices up, but what? Houses can be...

A P-plate car flipped over in a multi-storey carpark at Klang lane. STOMPer Goody2tech calls it an 'acrobatic stunt', while STOMPer Jason wonders if it was a case of bad luck in the seventh lunar month. Goodys2tech says: "Car 'turns turtle' inside multi-storey carpark. "An inexperienc...

SINGAPORE: Presidential hopefuls Tan Kin Lian and Tan Jee Say collected their Certificates of Eligibility at the Elections Department on Friday morning. Speaking to reporters, Mr Tan Kin Lian said the Presidential Election should be above politics. He said many people may see the race...

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